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Offline Skyhook

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2021, 03:14:31 AM »
Thanks!!!!  A little progress tonight. The radiators, exhausts + shutters and the rudder added. Next up; making of the wingstruts with the typical french white bands... that will be a bit tedious, but I think it will be worth the effort.

cheers, Skyhook

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Offline RAGIII

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2021, 04:20:43 AM »
Continuing to be a Most Impressive build. The rudder and Radiators look great!
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Offline RichieW

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2021, 05:19:42 AM »
That's looking really fantastic, I am so glad the photos allow me to see your excellent work clearly. You are an amazing scratch builder!

Richie
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2021, 09:40:35 PM »
A great build and good detail!
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Offline Skyhook

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2021, 05:10:39 PM »
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Hi!!!

Thanks for your encouragement :).  The top wing is now in place. I made some research and noticed that the pale tapes on the struts were actually horizon bleu instead of white. It is just the orthocromatic film that makes them look whitish in the photos. This was a bit more complicated affair with the the struts. They had aerodynamic fairings at the lower attachements. I rolled little water drop shaped blobs of Milliput and halved them when nearly dry. I attached them first to the lower wings and only after that measured the actual struts to their correct lenght.

The rudder is elsewhere, waiting for a new shade of blue. The first shade was too dark for the french insignia.

cheers, Skyhook
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Offline Skyhook

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2021, 05:06:59 AM »
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Now the wing sturts are all in place. Also the complicated framework around the engines and radiators... quite a contraption! Next up, the landing gear and cocades etc.

cheers, Skyhook
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2021, 02:35:30 AM »
Really Amazing work. This is turning into a Beautiful Model!
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2021, 04:58:46 AM »
A superb piece of scratch building. This is a product of a master modelmaker.

Stephen.
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Offline Skyhook

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2021, 05:05:37 AM »
Thanks!  :). Here’s the result this evening... propellers, armament, rigging and some smaller details still to do... so actually quite a lot!

Cheers, Skyhook

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Offline RichieW

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2021, 10:04:13 PM »
This is looking superb, I had never heard of the Letford before so this is also a very educational build for me. Not just about aviation! :)
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2021, 10:07:14 PM »
An exceptional build, Skyhook.  Nice level of detail, complicated subject.
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2021, 10:59:25 PM »
Even Better on it's gear!
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Offline macsporran

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2021, 12:44:20 AM »
Wow! what a superb creation.
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #28 on: October 13, 2021, 03:21:48 AM »
I wholly agree with the others - as I wrote earlier a masterpiece from a master modeller.

Stephen.
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #29 on: October 13, 2021, 03:28:40 AM »
That's a great build!
All is nice but I like the steering wheel and the french field blue on the undercarriage most, looks perfect! What paint did you use?

Cheers,
Frank
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